Heard on the Hill: Fish Out of Water

By Emily Heil and Elizabeth Brotherton
Roll Call Staff

Sept. 17, 2008, 12 a.m.

While hot-shot Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps tried to draw laughs on “Saturday Night Live” this week, his swimming teammate Ryan Lochte came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to attend to far more serious matters.

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